Green Light for the Juncker Commission Amid Bumpy Road Ahead

The chaining of the guard at the European Commission will happen in early November, after legislators approved the new team led by President Jean-Claude Juncker by a vote of 423 to 209 with 67 absentions -- in Strasbourg. Lawmakers gave the green light to the line-up following a mini-reshuffle when one candidate ran into trouble. For the incoming Commission, the next five years will be challenging given question marks about the planned banking union, Europe's still fragile economic recovery, and ongoing geopolitical tensions at the EU's fringes. There's also a transatlantic trade pact in the works and pending anti-trust cases against Google and Gazprom.